Changing the Face(Book) of Higher Education and Student Communication: NWU Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Cilliers, Elizelle Juaneé; Pekelharing, Ruan
Titel	Changing the Face(Book) of Higher Education and Student Communication: NWU Case Study
Quelle	(2015), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Student Attitudes; College Students; Generational Differences; Social Media; Urban Planning; Preferences; Teaching Methods; Telecommunications; Technological Advancement; Experience; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Soziale Medien; Stadtplanung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Telekommunikationstechnik; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Erfahrung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	We are living in a time of incredible technology changes and technology is bringing all spatial elements closer together. In this sense, the increasing technological changes are impacting on our approach to society, to planning and to breaking new ground in terms of research and education. There is a rise of a new generation that is "location-aware" (based on virtual environments) and speaks a "technological-language" (via social media and networks). This also impacts on the teaching-learning environment within the current university structures, as students (the generation Y learners) are more equipped with technology, and even "talk a different language" than generation X (tutors, lecturers and study-leaders). This study aims to investigate the preferences of the new generation Y, in terms of technology usage, based on the surveys conducted among the Urban Planning students on the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University, South Africa, in two year intervals (2011, 2013 and 2015). It furthermore aims to link the current technology hype with teaching-learning strategies, addressing new Urban Planning initiatives and mobile application assisting the planning of virtual spaces for a new generation and urban social life. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for Research in Education. AARE Secretariat, One Geils Court, Deakin ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6285-8388; e-mail: aare@aare.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aare.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01